Fuzzel is a Wayland-native app launcher and fuzzy finder for Linux, inspired by Rofi and dmenu.
The five-year-old Fuzzel project recently had a feature-packed 1.11 release. Here's a visual rundown of what's new.
Instant filtering of huge lists
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Fuzzel was already blink-and-you'll-miss-it fast for
How does its startup time compare to other launchers (rofi or tofi for example)
I never actually measured it, but I switched to fuzzel from wofi, and I can’t tell the difference in reaction time. To me it feels instant.
I’ve tested them all and they all launch fairly immediately.
I discuss some of the other feature differences here:
https://mark.stosberg.com/rofi-alternatives-for-wayland/
I think for most people, Fuzzel will be the best choice, but compeitors offer unique features like Rofi-compatibility, HTML formatting support or the most important one: being written in Rust.